Curses and Wishes

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The award-winning author has great faith in economy and, like a true poet, trusts images to transfer knowledge that speech cannot. In qCurses and Wishesq the deceptively short, simple lines add up to a pensive book possessed with an astonishing lyrical melancholy, a harmony of sadness and joy that sing: qMay happiness be a wheel, a lit throne, spinning / in the vast pinprick of darkness.q It is through such poignant brevity that Adamshick can convey his own mastery and reflect on the human condition.In aquot;Curses and Wishesaquot; the deceptively short, simple lines add up to a pensive book possessed with an astonishing lyrical melancholy, a harmony of sadness and joy that sing: aquot;May happiness be a wheel, a lit throne, spinning / in the vast ...

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Curses and Wishes

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Carl Adamshick

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LSU Press - 2011

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